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Originally Posted by ckissick
I was going through the channels and found, on ESPN, a tag competition. As in, "Tag! You're it!" You know, that game we played as kids. They actually had grownups - if I can use the word to describe these people - playing tag on a set with obstacles to run around to evade the competition. They even referred to the channel as ESPN8 - The Ocho.
I didn't watch.
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The "ESPN 8" is a joke from a Dodgeball move starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller and others. The channel's tag line is "If it's almost a sport, you'll find it here".
Under this banner ESPN 2 is running counter-programming to the Olympics, including the Fooseball World Cup, Disc golf, Adult Team Tag, and Pogopallosa (BMX-style stunts on pogo sticks).
It's all good fun and I applaud ESPN for having a sense of humour.